View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the family go to dinner the night before they leave for vacation?
(a) Olive Garden.
(b) Grandpa Nye's house.
(c) Buck's Diner.
(d) McDonald's.

2. Instead of going to bed, Vaness and Lisa ____________________.
(a) Went to the movies.
(b) Met Dirk and Elihu.
(c) Went sailing in the moonlight.
(d) Went skinny dipping.

3. What topic especially intrigues Grandpa Nye about history?
(a) The Wild West.
(b) Canadian provinces.
(c) The Ohio Valley.
(d) New England.

4. James DeGolyer came to Canada, moved to Massachusetts and eventually settled in _____________.
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Ohio.

5. What news do Vanessa and Janey hear on the radio?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt has died.
(b) Dewey defeated Truman.
(c) Hitler has invaded Poland.
(d) Pearl Harbor has been attacked.

6. Which of the following did Grandpa Nye not do during his explorations as a young man?
(a) Sit with Indians around campfires.
(b) Hike through forests.
(c) Climb Mt. Everest.
(d) Go whitewater rafting.

7. What is the first book Grandpa Nye ever read?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) Arabian Nights.
(d) Gullver's Travels.

8. What did Vanessa's father swallow whole as a joke?
(a) Minnows.
(b) Flies.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Mini marshmallows.

9. From what city does Dirk ship out to service?
(a) San Diego.
(b) New York.
(c) Miami.
(d) San Francisco.

10. What is the time period of Summer Afternoon, Summer Afternoon?
(a) August 1954.
(b) December 1941.
(c) June 1940.
(d) June 1960.

11. Which of the following does Vanessa not consider herself to to?
(a) Tall.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Radiant.
(d) Awkward.

12. Grandpa Nye once had a brief career as a ___________________.
(a) Surveyor.
(b) Newspaper reporter.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Welder.

13. Grandpa Nye says that the roads the family will take on vacation are the same paths traveled by _______________ in the Indian campaigns of the 1790s.
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Anthony Wayne.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Geronimo.

14. What does Vanessa wait for during the summer vacation?
(a) She waits for the mail.
(b) She waits for good weather.
(c) She waits for the fish to bite.
(d) She waits for Dirk to kiss her.

15. Who does Vanessa flirt with all summer?
(a) Devin.
(b) Dirk.
(c) Derek.
(d) Don.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not how Vanessa describes the cottage?

2. What does Vanessa want to be when she finishes school?

3. Where is Dirk killed?

4. Which branch of the military does Dirk join?

5. Who is Vanessa's best friend?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 377 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample